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Computer

Software Licensing And Piracy



Author: Kelly Sommerfeld
Email: k_sommerfeld@yahoo.com

In 1993 worldwide illegal copying of domestic and
international software cost $12.5 billion to the software industry,
with a loss of $2.2 billion in the United States alone. Estimates show
that over 40 percent of U.S. software company revenues are generated
overseas, yet nearly 85 percent of the software industry's piracy
losses occurred outside of the United States borders. The Software
Publishers Association indicated that approximately 35 percent of the
business software in the United States was obtained illegally, which
30 percent of the piracy occurs in corporate settings. In a corporate
setting or business, every computer must have its own set of original
software and the appropriate number of manuals. It is illegal for a
corporation or business to purchase a single set of original software
and then load that software onto more than one computer, or lend,......


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